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The NBPA "began the process of recertifying on Monday night," and the organization "planned to send out a letter to its 450 players on Monday night asking for signatures to recertify the union," according a source cited by Kate Fagan of the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER. Moving toward recertification is the "first step in the process of turning Saturday morning's tentative settlement agreement" into the NBA's new CBA. The union "must recertify before it can vote on ratifying the next CBA" ( PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 11/29 ). In Boston, Steve Bulpett cites two agents as saying that the "plan is for NBA players to meet in New York on Friday to deal with their portion of the labor settlement business." The players "must re-form as a union to allow th ...